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APPENDIX XXIII.—Return oF Rats Caught and Destroyed during 1938.
The entire cost of destroying these rats has been borne by the Shipowners and Port of London Authority.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total.
Millwall Dock—
Warehouses
48
35
55
76
71
54
57
53
66
105
72
92
774
Vessels while in dock
267
140
25
38
80
91
182
33
192
59
170
97
1,374
Surrey Commercial Dock—
Warehouses
33
43
38
77
63
37
63
79
80
83
84
75
755
Vessels while in dock
52
37
—
—
12
—
10
3
32
10
4
—
160
Regent's Canal Dock—
Warehouses
30
21
15
33
25
8
9
4
11
16
10
12
194
Vessels while in dock
3
24
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
27
St. Katharine's Dock—
Warehouses
71
70
62
76
67
56
62
54
79
68
56
66
787
Vessels while in dock
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
London Dock—
Warehouses
81
71
61
102
83
50
66
40
40
53
48
38
733
Vessels while in dock
13
3
23
—
16
—
27
—
2
1
—
—
85
Royal Albert Dock—
Warehouses
Vessels while in dock
7
1
10
12
79
13
7
5
6
163
7
43
5
13
7
—
8
95
291
Royal Victoria Dock—
Warehouses
33
17
9
16
12
13
20
7
13
21
11
16
188
Vessels while in dock
21
20
12
59
32
3
30
17
8
53
27
7
289
King George V. Dock—
Warehouses
14
12
15
11
20
8
13
15
8
19
32
14
181
Vessels while in dock
3
—
10
4
—
3
—
—
—
—
—
2
32
West India Dock—
Warehouses
21
18
22
21
17
5
27
24
41
35
29
86
346
Vessels while in dock
55
60
111
124
19
36
81
94
63
99
53
75
870
East India Dock—
Warehouses
—
2
5
1
1
3
5
18
7
5
39
57
143
Vessels while in dock
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
9
16
25
Tilbury Dock—
Warehouses
48
29
27
70
44
54
48
32
31
55
29
41
508
Vessels while in dock
2
—
5
20
—
—
—
1
7
—
—
37
72
River—
Vessels while in River
—
29
—
33
—
75
—
171
—
—
—
—
308
Totals
803
641
586
774
574
665
750
650
693
689
673
739
8,237
Total from 1st January to 31st December, 1938:—
In Dock Warehouses 4,714
On Vessels while in Dock and River 3,523
Total 8,237